(medicine) Sudden, violent, spasmodic movements involving particularly the proximal portions of the extremities of one side of the body; caused by a destructive lesion of the contralateral subthalamic nucleus or its neighboring structures or pathways.
hemiballismus
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(hĕm'ē-bə-lĭz'məs) or hem·i·bal·lism (hĕm'ē-băl'ĭz'əm)
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Violent writhing and muscle spasms involving one side of the body, usually caused by a lesion of the subthalamic nucleus of the opposite side of the brain.
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